While the Winters High School baseball team is having a season for the ages, the Warriors do not have the longest win streak in the Northern Section this year. That honor belongs to the Modoc Braves.

With an 18-0 record this year, Modoc’s win streak is one game longer than Winters’s 17 in a row. In fact, if not for a 12-6 loss to Quincy in the playoffs last year, the Braves might have a 34-game win streak. As it is, the Braves have a 33-1 record over their last 34 games.

The Northern Section record for consecutive wins is 50, set by Maxwell between the 2010 and 2012 seasons. The Panthers also own the best single-season record with a 30-0 mark in 2011. The next best single-season record is Red Bluff at 20-0 in 1984.

Wade Schluter is having a spectacular season for the Braves both on the mound and at the plate. As a pitcher, he is 7-0 with a 1.16 ERA and 31 strikeouts. At the plate, he is batting .559 with 39 runs scored, 21 RBI and 11 doubles.

The Braves face their toughest test during the regular season Friday when they take on Mount Shasta, which is also undefeated in Shasta Cascade League play.

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Lauren Harper of Trinity has produced two of the top times in section history in the 400 and 800 meters this year. She ran 57.77 in the 400 meters at the Arcadia Invitational on April 7. That time ranks No. 11 all-time, however it’s not a personal best. She ran a 47.35 last year, which ranks No. 6 all-time in section history.

At the Sacramento Meet of Champions over the weekend, Harper ran a 2:16.58 in the 800 meters. That time ranks No. 12th all-time in section history.

Meanwhile, Hailey Fune of Chico put up the best time in the 100-meter hurdles this year with a time of 14.98. That’s the sixth-best time in section history and just over three-tenths of a second off the section record, according to the West Valley track history page maintained by Scott Fairley.

On April 20, Erica Grotegeer of Wheatland topped her own personal best with a throw of 168-11 in the discus. That’s the second-best toss in section history.

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Sammie Gonzalez of Winters had three triples in an April 17 win over Pierce, tying a Northern Section record set by Dennis Gibson of Yreka in 1993 and tied by Eric Haas of West Valley in 1996. His 11 triples this year break the section record for triples in a season, set by James Bowen of Maxwell who had nine in 2010. Ironically, Gonzalez did not have a single triple his junior year.

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Charli Hawkins of Anderson is just one double away from tying the section softball record for doubles in a season. Her 22 are one off the record of 23 set by Brielle Stephens of Durham in 2015.

Meanwhile, Savannah Price of East Nicolaus is well on her way to breaking the section record for career doubles. Just a sophomore, Price has already hit 30 doubles. Mia Camuso of Shasta holds the section mark with 56.

Price also has a chance to blow away the section record for career RBI. The current section leader with 50 RBI this year, Price has 99 in her career. She just needs 65 over the rest of this season and her junior and senior year to break the section record of 164 by Taylor Pack of Sutter.

East Nicolaus, by the way, had a 33-0 win over Williams earlier this year in which it had 36 hits. The section record for base hits in a softball game is 44, set by Herlong against Downieville in 1977.

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The Red Bluff baseball team ranks No. 3 in the state, according to MaxPreps, for most times being hit by a pitch. A total of 57 Spartans have been hit by a pitch while San Dimas ranks No. 1 with 59. Winters holds the section record with 74, set in 2013 when it led the state in that category.